?Public Notice
Written comments will be received until 3 p.m. on Friday, October 6, 2023, at the Cameron Parish Police Jury’s West Annex Office located at 148 Smith Circle, Cameron, LA 70631 or mailed to Cameron Parish Police Jury, PO Box 1280, Cameron, LA 70631, Attn: Mary Carroll. Oral comments will be received at 2:00pm on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, in the Cameron Parish Police Jury Meeting Room during the regular Cameron Parish Police Jury Meeting. Comments are based on the proposed changes to Chapter 20 Article IX – Sewerage Ordinance listed below:
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 20 ARTICLE IX – SEWERAGE
DELETE the entirety of the following:
Division 1 – District No. 1
Sec. 20-264 – Created; boundaries
Sec. 20-265 – Domicile
Sec. 20-266 – Board of Supervisors – Initial members
Sec. 20-267 – Same – Per diem for members
Sec. 20-268 – Powers
Sec. 20-269 – Reserved
REPLACE THE ABOVE DELETED SECTIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING
DIVISION 1: Wastewater District No. 1
Sec. 20-264. – Created; boundaries.
The creation of Wastewater District No. 1 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana, pursuant to La. R.S. 33:3887.9 is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed, said district comprising and embracing all of the territory within the following described boundaries:
Beginning at a point which is the intersection of the east line of Township 15 South, Range 9 West, with the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico; thence north along the east lines of the said Township 15 South, Range 9 West, and Townships 14 and 13 South, Range 9 West, to the intersection of said line with the north boundary line of Ward 3, which is the center section line of Section 13, Township 13 South, Range 9 West at that point, thence west along the center section line of Section 13, Township 13 South, Range 9 West and a projection thereof to a point where said line intersects on the east or left descending bank of the Calcasieu Ship Channel, thence following the east or left descending bank of the Calcasieu Ship Channel to the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, thence easterly along the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, to point of beginning.
Sec. 20-265. – Domicile
The domicile of Wastewater District No. 1 of the Parish of Cameron, Louisiana, shall be Cameron, Louisiana.
Sec. 20-266. – Board of supervisors – Initial members.
There is hereby appointed five (5) members to act as a board of supervisors of the district. Each member shall be a registered voter of Cameron Parish and shall have resided within the boundaries of the district for at least two (2) years prior to his appointment.
Sec. 20-267. – Same – Per diem for members.
The members of the board of supervisors of Wastewater District No.1 of the Parish of Cameron, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to receive the maximum per diem per meeting as authorized by law in the amount of sixty dollars ($60.00).
Sec. 20-268. – Powers
The Wastewater District created by this division shall constitute a public corporation, and as such shall have all powers of public corporations, including perpetual existence, the power to levy and collect an ad valorem tax, to incur debt and to contract obligations, sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal, and to do and perform all acts in its corporate capacity and its corporate name which are necessary and proper for the purpose of constructing and maintaining sewers and sewerage disposal works within its territorial limits, and generally to perform any and all acts and duties necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of its creation.
Sec. 20-269. – Reserved.
Editor’s note – A motion of June 5, 2000 repealed former section 20-269 in its entirety which pertained to the use of fire trucks in connection with maintenance operations and derived from a motion of May 5, 1976.
RUN: Sept. 14, 21, 28, Oct. 5 (S 21)